Orange County resident Skot Snot and the band embarked on the US leg of their tour, however he was subsequently replaced by L.A. musician Nate Shaw (Duane Peters & The Hunns, etc.) for the European portion. Due to Shaw's other commitments with bands and studio projects, he couldn't commit to the live performance schedule ahead, so the band finally settled with talented Swedish guitarist and studio engineer Andy Andersson who relocated to Orange County, California from Sweden. Just when it seemed that The Skulls had finally settled back down, Billy Bones suddenly announced his wish to disband, citing many reasons: he did not want to drag the SKULLS name down by having all the line up changes; it was just time to move on and do something new and different, the need to spend time with his family, and, a discomfort with the creative direction of the last configuration of The Skulls. The band went on to play three final shows and called it a day amicably in April 2006. Current situation In 2008, Billy's new band The Billybones released a 7" EP, We're Selfish, produced by Kevin Preston, and featuring Prima Donna's Aaron Minton on saxophone on a cover of Roxy Music's (Editions of You). He is currently working on a new full-length album. Band members include Billy Bones, ex-skullmate and U.S. Bombs drummer Alex Gomez, Rob Blue on bass, and Alex Mack on guitar. The Billybones began work on a new album in 2009 due for release by 2010. Monster Matt went on to drum with Orange County band The Johns and is now permanent drummer for THE COMMOTIONS. Andy Andersson and Hardslug formed a new project called Hardslug (Hardslug dropped his nickname and pledged it to the band, reverting to James Harding once more) and released a 12 song album in late 2006. Six of the songs written by Harding were to originally appear on what was to be the 3rd Skulls studio album, but, when The Skulls split, were then carried over into the new band project. While Hardslug subsequently split due to other commitments, James Harding still records material as his hobby from time to time. In July 2008, Kevin Preston joined The Foxboro Hot Tubs (featuring all the members of GREEN DAY) as 2nd guitarist. He is still pursuing his career with Prima Donna and in October 2009 Prima Donna embarked on a 39